Plant Details

Accepted name:

Carapa guianensis Aubl. [Meliaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
andiroba	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
cadro macho	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
kionlon	Other	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
saba	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
stem bark, seed		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Carapa latifolia Willd. ex C.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 718 (1878), pro syn.
Carapa macrocarpa Ducke Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 191 (1922).
Granatum guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 110 (1891).
Guarea mucronulata C.DC. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 499 (1917).
Persoonia guareoides Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2: 331 (1799).
Xylocarpus carapa Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 2: 213 (1825).
Xylocarpus guineensis (Aubl.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 124 (1846).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carapa guaianensis Aublet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Carapa guianensis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Carapa guianensis Aubl.	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carapa guianensis Aublet	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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